NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Tag

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Entering the Buckle Up In Your Truck 225 at Kentucky Speedway, Austin Hill will have a new partner, Whitetail Heaven Outfitters, on board his No. 02 Young’s Motorsports Ford F-150. This will be Hill’s second trip to the 1.5-mile oval in Sparta, Kentucky. The last time he visited Kentucky Speedway, he started 19th and finished 18th. Tevis McCauley, owner Whitetail Heaven Outfitters, was excited to see a truck with his companies’ logos on the track. “Everyone at Whitetail Heaven Outfitters is really excited about expandingRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer 10 races into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season only four series regulars have scored a victory (Christopher Bell and John Hunter Nemechek twice, Johnny Sauter and Kaz Grala once). Even though Bell has one more win than Sauter, Sauter leads the points standings, having a 42-point advantage over Bell. The Truck Series regulars will have their hands full in Thursday night’s Buckle Up In Your Truck 225 with Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Busch entered in the field. The last time theRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer For this week’s edition of Climbing the Ladder, Seth Eggert sat down with Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Todd Gilliland. Gilliland is a 17-year-old NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver, who drives both the No. 46 and No. 51 Pedigree Toyota Tundra. Gilliland is also competing full-time in both the NASCAR K&N Pro East Series and West Series for Bill McAnally Racing. He currently sits 19 points behind Harrison Burton in the East Series standings and leads the standings in the West Series by 11 pointsRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer For the third year in a row, Bobby Pierce will No. 63 Premier Waste Services / Allgayer / Oakwood Tire Chevrolet Silverado for MB Motorsports at Eldora Speedway. There, Pierce and the team will attempt to finally win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Aspen Dental 150 after coming up short in the two previous attempts. Two years ago, Pierce exploded onto the scene, earning the pole and tearing the Silverado apart en-route to a second-place finish. Last year, he dominated before spinning late andRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor Some days pit road calls, or the lack thereof, go your way and some days they don’t. For Johnny Sauter, a call to stay out on track late in the race on old tires didn’t quite go as well as his No. 21 team was hoping as he would drop from the lead to second place in the closing laps at Iowa after losing the battle against the drivers behind him with fresher tires on their trucks. Sauter would start the day in fourth place,Read More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor Early in the going during Friday night’s M&M’s 200 at Iowa, Christopher Bell looked almost untouchable in the lead, but when pit strategy didn’t go their way at about the midpoint in the race, the two-time race winner in 2017 had his work cut out for him to be able to get back to the front and re-establish his dominance. However, things didn’t quite go to plan for Bell, as he only managed to make it back to fifth place by the time the checkeredRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Entering the M&M’s 200 at Iowa Speedway, Jesse Little and his JJL Motorsports team were coming off his career best finish of 14th at Dover International Speedway. Competing part-time in both the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, this marked Little’s second start of the 2017 Truck Series season. It was clear that Little’s No. 97 Triad CNC Toyota Tundra had speed after unloading off the transporter as he was third fastest in the first practice. In the second practice, Little slipped back to 10th onRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time that Harrison Burton competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, he finished in 13th at Dover International Speedway after an untimely caution trapped him and much of the field one or more laps down. Now Burton will head to Iowa Speedway for the M&M’s 200, his third of six scheduled Truck Series races with Kyle Busch Motorsports for the 2017 season. 16-year-old Burton will pilot the No. 51 Morton Buildings Toyota Tundra. The No. 51 Tundra has visited victory twice thisRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series visited Iowa Speedway, William Byron took home the victory in thrilling fashion. Byron held off Cole Custer, Cameron Hayley, Ben Rhodes, and Tyler Reddick in a two-lap shootout by 0.431 seconds to take the victory. The two-lap shootout was brought about after Caleb Holman crashed with six laps to go. Matt Crafton is the only former winner in the Truck Series at Iowa in the field this weekend. Crafton won at the 0.875-mile track in 2011. Truck SeriesRead More

NASCAR Wire Service ST. LOUIS, Mo. – “Happy Father’s Day!” a crew member shouted at team owner Joe Nemechek Saturday night as track workers put together the Victory Lane stage behind them. Nemechek had already passed out a half dozen hugs and handshakes to other members of the team he owns, NEMCO Motorsports. “Incredible,” was all Nemechek could muster in response after watching his son, John Hunter Nemechek, pass Matt Crafton late in the race and win the NASCAR Camping World Trucks Series Drivin’ for Linemen 200 at Gateway MotorsportsRead More